re en owe a 5 ee mere TICKINGS OF THE TELEGRAPH OREIGN AND DOMESTIC. te What is Going On the World Over. Important Events Briefly Chronicled. et TE Nisneters, Accidents and Fatalities Three persons named Sternbloth, from Hampden, O., father ased 60; daughter, 21, and son, 16, lost their lives in the Raisor Hotel, Chicago, through their ignorance of gas and gas fixtures. They were found dead, having been asphyxiated by gas es- caping from an open je’. By the collapse of a bridge at Eldon, Ia., Michael Murphy was Killed, three men fa” tally and 12 severely injured. fires A> Fairchance, Pa., a small borough six miles south of Uniontown, Pa., was swept away by fire. Fully one-half the business houses in the town now in ashes, and many families are homeless and in destitute circumstances. The fire was of incendiary origin. The loss is estimated at $£30.000, about half of which is covered by insurance. At Kings (ity, Mo., fire started in a bak- ery Sunday night and before it was extin- gui-hed £150 000 worth of damage wasdone. A score of business houses were burned and totally destroyed. are et Crime and Penalties, At Evergreen. Ala., Wright Green was sen enced to two years imprisonment for challenging Samuel Coker to fight a duel. This is the first conviction under the law. which was passed in 1836. At New York Maurice de Comollion, Emeiie Alexander, a married woman He afterward shot himself and died instantly. — Washington News, W. B. Hornblower’s still hung up in the senate Committee. The President has written expressing his are unable to attend the World's Fa'r before it regrets that he and Mrs. Cleveland is permanently closed. Financial and Commercial. The Treasury has closed up the Socorro National Bank of Socorro, N. M., for con- tinued and persistant violations Gf the na tional banking laws. The Wellman Iron and Steel Company o Chester, Pa., has failed. re Copitni. Labor and Industrial, The Pennsylvania Iron Mills, Lancaster, have closcd for lack of orders. rr Miscellaneous, Thirty-six new cases of yellow fever and two deaths were reported in Brunswick, Ga on Thursday. Patrick Kanaley choked to death by swal lowing a sponge while on the operating ta- ble at Syracuse, N. Y, An investigation is being made. A car containing $5,000,000 in gold arriv- from San Francisco on Friday. The car was guarded by five armed men and the date of ship- ed at New York Sub-Treasury nent kept a secret. el BEYOND OUR BORDERS. The recent storm which swept along the Atlantic coast we st of Guadulaja, Mex., did 35 years old. shot and dangerously wounded nomination to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Gouru is ] LATER NEWS WAIFS, CAPITAL AND LABOR. Factory Inspector Watchorn, of Pennsyl- vania says the reports received from his deputies through the State indicate that the condition of trade among manufacturers is as dull as it has been at any time during the year. with no prospects of a change for the better. At Springfield, O.. the great reaper firm of Warder, Bushnell & Glessner, employing 1.200 men when running full, has made a reduction in wages averaging 10 per cent, Other large manufacturers there will, it is stated, soon follow their example. At Muncie, Ind.. Maring, Hart & Over's window glass factories and the Whitely Harvesting Machine works, employing 1,- 500 men, have resumed. Bail Bros.’ glass factories and the Whii2 River steel mills, employing 1,000 mer. here also, resumed. ~~ DISASTERS, ACCIDENTS AX7D FATALITIES. Two seriously and ten wainfully injured is the result of a collision; hetween an Illi- nois Central coal train and the northbound express train at Otto. four miles south of kankakee, 11. The report that seven were killed was incorrect, though some of the in- jured may die. ‘| By the explosion of a boiler in a dye house at Spokane, Wash., Mrs. Jahn Bean, H.Hol- land, Miss Turner and Miss Azee were killed. Three persons were killed and five in- jured in a collision on the Reading rcad Trenton, N. J. The dead are James Taffer- ty and James McKenna, both of Philadel- phia, and an uakuown man. On a card found in his pocket was the name of Thomas Maher, Washington, D. C. * Charles A. Wells.a millionare lumberman of Saginaw, Mich , was drowned while hunt- ing by the upsetting of his canoe on Bow- string lake, Minn. At Tottenville, S. I, a passenger train on the Staten Istand Rapid Transit road cel iided with a train in the station. Conductor Frank Davis was crushed between two cars and instantly killed and Brakemar Wal- lace Bedell received internal injuries which, it is believed, will result fatally. At Birmingham, Ala, the boiler of a big mogul locomotive, drawing a ireight train on the Georgia Pacific 1aiiroad, exploded, killing instantly Engineer William Mills and Fireman J. W. Buchanan. Le ea FOREIGN, The Bamfurling collieries and three col- f | lieries at Ashton, England, have resumel work at the price paid before the strike, Almost 4,000 men are employed: i ’ MORTUARY. The Rev. Dr. Philip Schaff, regarded by many as the greatest living authority on ex: gesis and church history, died at his . | home in New York City. Paralysiswas the immediate cause of death. a e HARD WINTER z PREDICTED. 8ix Reasons Given by a New York Weather Prophet. Loren Cushman, an aged farmer of Ply- mouth, Chenango county, N. Y., has quite a reputation as a reliable weather prophet, and whenever he makes a prognostication his friends regard it as worthy of credence Mr. Cushman believes the coming winte: will be an unusually severe one, and bases his opinion on the following grounds: First. the husks of corn are much thicker 3 than usual, and of a deep orange iint, in: more damage than was at first reported. | stead of a light lemon hue. Second the The inundations in the Tepic territory | hog's meit runs jagged, instead of smooth. caused thousands dollars’ loss to stockmen and farmers and entire villages were swept away. The number of lives lost 18 now placed at 150. Many bodies have already been recovered and the search for the miss- ing ones still continue. Cholera is about stamped out in Ham- burg. There have been 300 cases and 75 deaths in the Charleroi district of Belgium. Four died on Wednesday. ——t——e Manhattan Day. os friday was Manhattan day at the World's At the exercises at the New Fair, Chicago. Third, the goose bone taken from a May- raised fowl shows larger and waiter spots than customary. which resemble the canals of Mars. Fou th, the crop of nuts of all kinds is immense aud jthe squirrels and chipmonks are laying in prodigious stores early in the season. Fifth, the partridges and woodcock are lighting in barns and outhouses intead of trees, and ducks are flying in U-shaped instead of V-shaped, flocks toward the Sonth. Sith the green frogs are changing their skins and are even now seeking cool wells and springs for their winter quarters. Mr. Cushman believes _ | the coming winter will be the most severe this country has experienced since the winter of 1833. ee he ep inies TES. BATTLE CREEK DISASTER. York state building Mayor Gilroy, Gen. Horace Porter, Chauncey Depew, John R. | Only Twelve of the Victims Identified Fellows and Hon. Seth Lowe were the Thus Far. speakers. West. The paid admissions were 290,317, much Jess than the New Yorkers had figured. O that number it is estimated abeut 75,00 were from the metropolis. —t——— Six Persons Injured. Six persone were injured in a wreck on Chicago rgilroad in a dense fog at Monroeville. They the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and are: Engineer Cowan, badly scalded; Fireman Dailey, leg broken and internal injuries Brakeman Frederick Hunt. badly injured Agnes Booth read Joseph I. C. Clarke's poem, ‘New York to Chicago,’ in which Chicago was called the queen of the The following victims of Friday's wreck at Battle Creek, Mich., have been positively identified: Frank H. Smith, leg amputat- ed and since died, For. Plain, N. Y.;Charles W VanDusen, Sprout Brook, N. Y., died f | of injuries; Mrs. Charles W. VanDusen. 0 | Thomas R. Stringer. Port Dover, Ont.; William H. Henry, East Greenwich, R. I; Edwin I. Magoon, Warwick, R. I; Mrs. Albert Bradley, Simcoe, Ont.; J.W. Beards- ley, Watkins, N. Y.; Mrs. F. R. McKenzie, Wisconsin; Miss A. W. Wortbman, New York; James G. Worthman, brother of above, 12 years old and only boy killed; Thomas McFarvey, London, Can. ; There are now 15 unidentified bodies. + | The following are known to be ‘among the may die; Bapgagemaster Stevens, caught | burned to death, but cannot be identified: debris and probably fatally in- | Mrs. Evelyn A. Aldrich, of “dwardsburg, Sher he 2 a > I 1 24 3 7} Mich: Mrs. A. K. Warner. Brockport, N, Jured; Mrs. Anna Smith, Orb (JuCESOn, 1 Ys Mrs J. A. Wood, Odessa, N.Y. seriously hurt; Nettie Wilson, Allegheny, Pa., cut and bruised. Eastbound train No. 4 collided with which was standing on the switch. rm fh fp ine FIFTY-FOUR P*OPLE DROWNED: The List of Fatalities So Far Reported of the Big Storm on the Lakes. The Property Loss $800,000. Later reports from the great storm which swept the chain of lakes last Friday tend to Missing boats increase the list of disasters. the second section of westbound train No. 25, Mounrceviiie rt mm THE FAIR WIDE OPEN SUNDAY. Band and Organ uoncer.s, and All the Big Buildings Open to Visitors. A greatly increased attendance marked the last Sundy but one of the Official World’s Tair season. The change in policy on the part of the administration brought cut the people in larger numbers than on any previous Sunday. The e ecutive officers had issued orders to run everything on the wide open plan, the same week days. Concerts were given bv four of the Expo- a8 on te rd from at all points. Thus sition bands, an organ concert was given in are being heard pe 4 i p Jostand Festival Hall and the Lineff Russian choir far it is known that 41 people were lostand | 3, and pave the representation of a 10 vessels become total wrecks. Twenty- | peasant wedaing in costume. ‘lhe caravels nine more are on the beach or water logged; 13 of them will become total losses: the money loss exceeds To this list must be added two schooners which have not yet been identi- fied. It is likely their crews numbering This will make the total number of lives lost in the To the financial loss must be added not less than £500,000 for minoz On steamers $825.000. six or eight each, were Jost. great storm 54. damages. —Ix testifying in her own behalf in a Adeline Baltimore police station Mrs. Wilder called upon God to smite her ifshe had not sworn to the truth. The wor 8 had scarcely left her mouth when she fell to the floor unconscious, Twelve hours after- wards she revived, but she is now a raving maniac. and nearly all the State buildings were open. The foreign commissioners. bow- aver, kept their places closed and tliere was not much improvement in regard to >xhibits. All the buildings were open un- til 6 o'clock. The electric fountains plaved at and the illuminanions of the grand was the same as on week days, night court WORLD'S FAIR ATTENDANCE. The following are the official figures for the paid admissions to the fair: May (month)..............0 00n.s 1,050.03 June (month). ceveessvecenes..on 2,675.113 July (nonth).................0 760,263 August (MNMONID) eaves vareaaes 026,286 September (month) ............... 4,658,403 October (to date)..........c.couvie. 5,127,619 Total, eis iecviic sen ans vans: 19,707,724 A FAST TRAIN OF DEATH. Twenty-Seven Worlds Fair Visitors Lose Their Lives. ei TWO TRAINS ON THE CHICAGO AND GRAND TRUNK RAIL- ROAD COLLIDE. ee Scores of Those Who Escaped Death Maimed and Mutilated. Horrible Details of One of the Most Disastrous Wrecks of Recent Years. See Twenty-seven heaps of charred, blackeneé flesh—all that remains of what a few hours before were men, women and children in the enjovment of health and happiness— rest upon the floor ot an improvised morgue ;n the basement of a furmiture store ip Battle Creek, Mich. A mileaway in the City Hospital are a score or more of human beings with gashed bodies and broken limbs. Add to this an engineer in jail and a conductor under bond to appear and the story is told in brief of the latest of railroad horrors, and one of the most appalling in its character of this or recent years. The dead are: Frank B. Smith, Fort Plain, N. Ye E. T. Magoon, Providence, R. L W. W. Henry, Woonsocket, R. I. Mrs, Charles Van Dusen, Sprout Brook, NY. Nine men, eight women, one boy and ene body, together with three human trunks with limbs and heads missing, were burned beyond identification. One of the female bodies isbelieved to be that of Mrs. W. W. Henry, of Woonsockett, R. I. One of the male victims is believed to be William Lewis Wilson, of Evanston, {11., and another is supposed tc be J. W. Beardsley of Watkins, N. Y. The injured are: Ezekiah Davidson, Fair- port. N. Y.; Miss Belle Wilhams, Lockport, N. Y.: Mrs. Henry Bushnell, Brockport, N. Y.; William Thompson, Woodstock, Ont.; Frank Rogers, Woodstock, Ont.; Frederick Wurtz, Rochester, N. Y.; Evelyn Wurtz, daughter of above; Harvey Smith, Fort Piain, N. Y.; Nellie E. Smith, Fort Plain, N.Y.; Albert Bradley, Ont.; Frank Turner Middle Smithville, Pa; John ©, Stewart, Dalton, Ill; Jennie,daughter of above; Mrs, Vance. Simcoe, Can., George Vance, Sim- coe, Can., son of above; Joseph 8S. Archbeil, Svansten, Ill., George Shakleton, Auburn, N. Y.; Thomas J. Monroe, Auburn, N. Y.; Mrs, Beardslee, Springfield, Ill; H. 8, Williams Toronto, Can.; Maggie O'Brady, Oswego, IN. Y.; C. F. Adams, Buffalo, N.Y. FAILED TO OBEY ORDERS. Direct disobedience of orders on the part of a Chicago and Grand Trunk engineer and conductor, both of whom have seen long service with the company and were regarded as model empleyes, was the cause of the tragedy. A Raymond and Whit comb special train of eight palace cars filled with Eastern fo'k, who had been taking in the sights of the World's Fair, left the Six- tieth Street station of the road at Chicago at 8.15 p. m. as the first section of the night express, known as No. 6. The train wasn charge of Conductor Burt N. Scott and En- ginecer Harry Woolley. All went well until Battle Creek dept was reached. This was at 3:37 a. m, From here to the railroad yards, a distance of a mile and a balf, there isa double track. When the Witcomb special came to a full stop in the depot, the night operator hand- ed to Conductor ~cott two copiee of an order for the train to proceed to the double truck east of Main street, about a-half mile dis tant, and there await the passing of the westbound Pacific exoress, known as No. 9. This train which was nearly three hours late, was composed of 13 day coaches and two baggage cars. Most of the day coacines had seen many years serviceand were in poor condition to withstand a collision, Everyone of the fated number -was packed with Eastern people. themajority of whom taking advantage of the low 1ates were on their way to take in the last _week of the Exposition. ‘I'he Pacific express was in charge of Con- ductor John Biid and Engineer Gilbert Cranshaw, both of whom had received or- ders at Lansing to lookout for the eastbound train onvthe double track and were accord- ingly on the alert. After receiving orders at the Battle Creek station, Engineer Woolley proceeded up the double track, but ivstead of stopping in ac- cordance wi h his instructions until the westbound express had passed, he continued on and entered again on the single track. He hardly gone more than an eight of a mile when the headlight of the Pacific express was seen coming around the slight curve behind the telegraph office of the railroad yards. 1t was speeding westward at the rate of 40 miles hour. There was no time to apply air brakes or reverse levers. The engineers and firemen of both trains jumped for their lives, and a second later the giant locomotives came together with a crash that could be heard a baif mile away. . ‘With feartul force the engine of the special plowed, nearly half way into that of the ex- press, driving it backward into the baggage ar, and the latter in turn into the day coaches behind. The shock was so terrific tbat the first four of these were completely ‘elescoped, the first coach cutting throngh ‘he second and the second into the third, like a flash of lightning, the roof of each pussing over the heads of the sleeping pas- sengers and sweeping them in a mass to the north end of the cars To add to the horror the wreck took fire from thelstoves or lamps, and as the flames mounted up, the groans and shrieks of the maimed and injured were succeeded by heartrending, agonizing cries and ajpeals for help from the scores imprisoned by the heavy timbers, or held down by the seats and iron frame work. The travelers on the special, nearly all of whom had been shaken out of their berths by the shock, poured out of the cars, but before the fury of the flam s they were al- most powerless to render any assistance, except to the injured in the fourth car. The City fireman promptly responded to the alarm and after extinguishing the flames commenced the gruesome work of recovering what remained of the victims, the police taking care of the valuables and keeping the crowd at a distance. After a thorough search of the debris was made and it was certain that no more bodies remained, the freight car containging the charred remains was backed down to the city depot and its contents transferred to an undertaker, a wrecking crew set to work, the debris again sorted and burned and left nothing but a heap of ashes to tell the story of one of the most awful holocausts in the history of railroading. BLAME IT ON EACH OTHER. Engineer Woolley and Conductor Scott of the special train, were arrested at Battle Creek, Mich., on warrants sworn out by Prosecuting Attorney Clark. caarging man- slaughter. Scott was released on $3,000 bail. Woolley could not secure bondsmen and was locked up. 2 Scott says he gave the engineer a dupli- cate of the order he received and supposed he understood it; that he af.erwards wen into the baggage car and did not know that the engineer had gone over the siding an taken the single track until the collision occurred. Wolley claims that when Scott hance! him his orders he said No, 9 basgoue | | through and the dispatcher is crazy about us not getting out of here. He asked me if 1 was ready to go and 1 asked him it he was sure No. 9 Lad gone throuch. He said ‘yes, ste has.’ After I1gotinto theyard I ssw a head.ight. | thought at first it was the switch engine, but, ina moment | saw that she was coming tou fast. 1 shut the throttle and reversed mv engine. My train came to a stop and was standing still when No. 9 struck my engine. I was thrown against the tank and my side was hurt. I askea my fireman after the wreck if he remembered what Scott said to me. He said hedid. He told me that No.9 bad gone through. I saw Scott after the wreck. e was much excited. las ed him in regard to the order asain. He mut- tered out something and said be thought that No. Y had zone.” EXTRASESSION OF CONGRESS SIXTY-FIRST ‘DAY. SexaTE—The joint resolution for citizen- ship in the Cherokee outlet was passed and provides that all citizens of the United States above the age of 21 years who are actual resiients on the strip on October 21. 1893, and have been such residents for 3C days prior thereto, shall be entitled to vote and hold office at the first municipal eiec- tions for the organizatior of aty, village and town governments. Mr. Lodge, Repub. lican. of Massachusetts, called up his reso- lution for an amendment of the rules. The necessity of a power to close debate has been. he said, recognized of late years, in the House of Commons and in the Ameri- can House of Representatives. These twa great representative bodies were today. ow- ing to that reform. able to transact busines: according to the will of the majority. The practice under the old rule had come te be a vital question in the Senate and he trusted that there would grow out of the debate on the silver act a proper reform of the Sen:te rules. After some prolongation of the session, the Lodge amendments to the rules went over until to-morrow and the silver purchase repeal bill was taken up, which was debated until adjournment. JousE—The bill extending for six months the time within which Chinese may be al lowed to register under the operation of the Geary law was passed in the House to dav with little or no opposition. The bill defines Chinese laborers and Chinese merchants, makes mandatory photographic identitica- tion, requires marsha's to carry out orders for deportation, jailing Chinamen without bail pending the execntion of deportation writs, and excludes Chinamen convicted of any felony from per: mission to register. The Cox bill for the better control of national banks was then taken up and after remarks by Mr. Cox for and Mr. Cannon against it, the House, without disposing of the measure adjourned, SIXTY SECOND DAY. SexsTE—The debate on the silver repeal bill was continued until adjournment. Houvse—In the House to day a bill dis- pensing with proof of loyalty in the cases of persons who, before the war, were enti- tled to pensions or to bounty lands, wus objected to by Mr. Burrows, Republican. of Michigan. as far as the pension clause was concerned. Thereupon Mr. Oates withdrew the pension clause and the bill was passed. Then came up the proposition for the better control of national banks, and it was agreed to without even a division. It provides that no national banking association shall make any loan to its president, vice president, cashier, directors or any of its clerks tellers, bookkeepers, agents, servants or other per- sons in its employ until the ‘proposition to make such a loan. stating the amount, terms and security therefor, shall have been sub- mitted in writing by tbe person desiring the same to a meeting of the board of directors or of the executive committee,and approved by a majority of those present constituting a quorum, but only to the amount now al- lowed by the law. The House then ad- journed. SIXTY -THIRD DAY. SexaTE.—The debate and deadlock on the silver repeal bill was continued, and after a series of speeches the senate took a recess until 10 o'clock to-morrow. House. —The New York and New Jersey bridge bill was passed. The bill amending the revised statutes relating to fees and offenders against the United States, it estab- lishing a uniform fee for naturalization of aliens by United States Circuit and District Courts, preventing the abuse of judicial process. and providing that the defendant. when arrested for violation of the United States law, shall be taken before the nearest officer qualified to give the defendant a hearing was passed. The house then. after ome unimportant business adjourned. SIXTY-FOURTH DAY. SExaTE.—The silver bill wrangle was continued again to-day, and after an excit- ing session the senate adjourned for the ay. House — Without disposing of any busi- ness the house proceeded to pay its tribute of respect to the memory of the late Wil- liam Mutchler, of Pennsylvania. Eulogistic addresses were made and then¥as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, the house edjourned. SIXTY-FIFTII DAY. 81 raTE.—The senate session to-day was main.y of an executive nature, no business of inuportance being transacted in open ses- sion, Hovse.—The hoase passed a salary de- ficiency hill appropriating $335.000 and the bill to remit half the duties assessed against exhibits sold at the World’s Fair, or those now on exhibition there, which may go to the California Midwinter Exposition and be sold there. no other business of any importance was transacted when the house adjourned. STXTY-SIXTH DAY. SenaTE.—Nothing of importance was done in the -enate today, the silver repeal bill being still Jon debate. After a short executive session the senate adjourned. Housk.—In the honse to-day routine busi- ness was considered and several small bills were passed. A GAIN IN BUSINESS. It Is Not Grea‘, But Indicates That the Hopeful Outlook for the Future is Well Founded. R G. Dun & Co.'s ‘‘Weeklv Review of Trade,” New York, says: There has been much gain in hope and a little business. Assurances that the repeal bill will soon be passed have again been accepted by traders as reasons for buying things speculative at higher prices; and with money abundant on call—288,000,000 having been received in this city within 10 weeks—speculation in stocks and products has an unusual stimu- lus and would expand even more but fo: cont:nued embarrassments of industries. Wheat has risen ic. helped by heavy foreign purchases, and in spite of better crop prospects corn is stronger, Pork has been lifted so far that anotuer collapse is feared by some. Petroleum has been ad- vanced lc and speculators are supposed to be utilizing alleged bombardments of Rio to increase the value of coffee. With these goods there are some not so good. Renewals of maturing notes to a larger amount are forced upon the banks here, though practically all the clearing house certificates have been retired, here and at Boston. Imports are for behind those of last year and the accumulation of goods in bond ig unusally large, so that cus— toms as well as internal revenue receipts decrease heavily. The root of the difliculty is the decreass in consumption of all kinds. In thas respect the week has brought uc p rceptible change. ? Tke volume of domestic trade has been slowly increasing lor some weeks as re- poris from other cities indicate, and in all comparisons the fact that trade increased in September and October last year should be kept in mind. I'he failures last week number 346 in the 20 United States against 210 last year, and in Canada against 25 last year, MARSHAL M’MAHON DEAD. The Great French Soldier Who Was President of the Republic. Marshal McMahon died at Paris on Tues jay morning. He had been seriously ik for about a week, but rallied on Saturday and it was thought that hewould recover.On Sunday, however. he suffered a relapse and gradually grew weaxer until the end came. SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. Marie Edme Patrick Maurice de MacMa- hon, duc de Magenta, was born at Sully, July 13, 1-08, deriving his descent from an Irish family who risked and lost all for the last of the Stuart kings. He entered the military service of France in 1825 at the school of St. (yr; was sent to the Algerian wars in 1830; toek part in the expedition to Antwerp in 1832; atta el to the rank of cap- tainlin 1833 and after holding the po-t of aid- de-camp to several generals and taking part in the ascault of Constantine, wasnominat- ed major of tout chasseurs in 1840, lieuten-— ant-colonel of the foreign legion in 1842, colonel of the Forty-tirst of the line in 1815, ind general of brigade in 1853. When, 1m 1855, Gen. Canrobeit left the Crimea, Gen. McMahon was selected by the emperor to succeed him in eommand cf a division, 2n i when the chiefs of the allied ar- mies resolved on assaulting Sebasto- nol, Septemter §& they assigned 10 Sen. McMahon the perilous post of carrying the works on the Malakoff. bor his brildant wiceess on this occasion he was given the grand cross of the legion of honor, and in 856 was nominated a knight grand cross of he bath. He took aconsp:cuoas part in the ltahan eampaign of 1839 received the baton of marshall and was created duke of Ma- zenta in commemoration of that victory. On the breaking out of the war with Prussia. » arshal McMahon was entrusted with the command of the Firstarmy corps, whose headquarters were at Strasburg. On August 6, 1870,the crown prince of Prussia attacked the united army corps of Me- Mahon, Failly and Canrobert:drawn up in sosition at Woerth, McMahon had under nim 50,000 men 1n all and occupied astrong jefensive position onthe slopes of the Vosges; but the French line was turned by ihe Prussians at two points, and their left ind ¢ nter broken, notwithstanding a des- serste charge of cavalry which was orderea oy McManon as a last resort, McMahon re sired on the following dv to Saverne, next 0 Toul (13th), Rbeims(21st) and Rethel 22d). On the 30th his forces were again jefeated by the Prussians, being driver back from Beaumont beyond the Meuse, jear Mouzon, He was chief in command it the battle of Sedan. September 1, but re: soived a severe wound in the thigh at the rominencement of the engagement, where- apon the command devolved upon Gen (Vimptien who signed the capitulation. Mc- \'ahon was made a prisoner of war and Kareyed into Germany faving recovered from his wound, Mar- thali McMahon left Wiesbaden for France \arch 13.1371, and was nominated the fol lowing month commander-in-chief of the irmy at Versailles. He successfully con jncted the seige of Paris azainst the com- mune and ably sssisted M. Thiers in re srganizing the army. In December, 1871 Le was requested to become a candidate tc represent Paris in ‘he national assembly but he refused to accept the nomination. On M. Thiers resigning the presidency of the republic May 24, 1873, he was elected tc the vacant otfice by the assembly. anc formed a conservative ministry. Novem ber 19, 1873, the assembly entrusted him with the exercise of power for seven yeéars. A prolonged crisis was peacefully; brought 0 a close on December 14, 1877. The sen- atorial elections of 1879 gave the Republi: can party an effective working majority in the upper chamber. The cabinet was at once pressed to remove the most conspic- uous anti-Republican generals and officials, but Marshal McMahon refused to be a party to these measures and on January 30, 1880, resigned the presidency, beingsucceeded by M. Grevy. NATIONAL CAPITOLS, This Government Has Had Nine Seats ‘ of Governmant. Apropos the recent centennial celebration of the founding of our federal capitol in Washington, it is interesting to recall that t his government has had nine different seats of national legislation since the heroes of 1776 threw off the English yoke. The cities of Philadelphia, Pa.; Baltimore, Md.; Lan- caster, Pa.; York, Pa; Princeton, N. J; Annapolis, Md.; L'renton, N. J.; New Yorz city, and lastly Washington, have all in turn served as the home of congress—the visible center of tlie government and the sanctuary of its laws. During the Revolution the sessions of congress were held at the most convenient points permitted by the e%izeneies of the war—the temporary capital being moved about as occasion required. Under the old regime of the continen al congress, and later under tha articles of confederation the same rivalry existed among the 13 states for the honor of having congress sit within their respective territories as were exper- ienced after the constitution was adopted and before the present federal city was located in its present situation, on the banks of the Potomac. : LLM RR A Big Fire In New York. One of the most destructive fires New York City has seen since the great fire of 1858 occurred Wednesday evening. The fire :xtended from St Raphael’s Roman Catho- ic church on Fortieth street, west of Tenth ivenue, to the north side of Forty-second treet. The loss will amount well up into she millions. The fire started about 8 o'clock in the boiler house of Wilhham Campbell & Co., wholesale manufacturers of wall paper at )12 West Forry-second street, It gained rreat headway before it was discovered ind spread to the adjoining buildings occu- pred by Nevins & Haviland, also wall pa- | er manufagturers, on Tenth avenue. Both rms were entirely burhed out. Other i uildings destroyed were 505 West Forty- recond street, occupied by Dr. Leighton; 8 West Forty-second street, occupied by J. Wheelihan; the St, Raphael’s club house, 220 West Forty-second street, a dwelling; 337 West Forty-second street, occupied by P. Van Buskirk; 524 West Forty-second ttreet, occupied by Arthur Short; 526 > est Foruy-second street, occupied by M.C. auirr, ‘The loss sustained by Campbell & Co. is estimated at $2,000,000. Messrs Nevins & Haviland lost £175,000 and George A. Shar- tey & Sons §250,000. THE FAIR CLOSES OCT. 30. Though Visitors Will be Permitted to See Buildings Torn Down. The announcement made by the Council of Administration that the Wor'd's Colum- bian Fair at Chicago would not be formal- ly closed October 30,but would remain open as long as the weather permits and the peo- ple want to come, does not mean exactly what it savs. Nobody expected that the gates would be abandoned the moment the cur- tain dropped on the White City, and it will certainly drop October 30, and nobody ex- pects that people who wish to enter the grounds to watch the buildings being torn down and exhibits moved away will be de- nied that privilege if they are willing to pay for passing through the gates, That is all the resolution adopted by the Council of Administration means, The Fair has ng official recognition by Congress after Oct. 30 and the exhibits will, many of them be on their way from the grounds as early as 5 0'c ock the morning of the 31st inst. TRENTON'S BATTLE FIELD —_— AN IMPOSING MONUMENT elfen Dedicated. The Governors of Righy States Participate in the Ceremonies. —_—— The Trenton battle monument was dedi cated at Trenton, N. J., on Thursday. The Governors of many states participated, ane an impressive military display was one op its features. The monument commemo- rates the encourter of Gen. Washingtor with the British and Hessians in 'Irenton on December 26, 1776. It was upon this occasion that he braved the ice to cross the Delaware. Aronnd the monument 30.000 people were gathered to witness the exercises. The dignitaries present included Govs. Flower, ot New York; Pattison, of Pennsylvania; Ful ler, of Vermont; Reynolds, of Delaware; * Rus-ell, of Massachusetts; Werts, of New Jersey; Morris, of Connecticut and Brown, of Maryland. The “first statue unveil'd was that ot Blair McClenachan, presented by the Phila. delphia City troop, Capt. J. Lapsiey Wilson making the address. Then came the statue of John Russell, presented by Massachu- setts. Gov. Russell being the speaker. The Governors of New Yorgz, Pennsylva- nia and Connecticut made presentation speeches for the tablets given by their States. The shaft, Roman Doric in style. is of white granite. 1t towers 135 feet in the air and is surmounted by a bronze statue of Washington, 13 feet high and is the gift of New York State. Its summit will be ac- cessible by means of an electric elevator. Thirteen electric lights will shed ‘heir radi- ence upon the darkness every night. There are four cabinets on the base of the pedestal —“The Continental Army Crossing the Delaware,’’ presented by Pennsylvania; “The Opening of the Fight,” by New York; “The Surrender of the Hessians,’ by Con- necticut, and an historienl bronze tablet presented by the Society of the Cincin- nati in Ne w Jersey. The monumant and site cost $60,000; the Governmént glving £30,000. The parade was the handsomest demon- stration of the kind ever seen in New Jersey, . EFFECT OF HARD TIMES. Reports From 684 Industrial Firms Show 101,763 Men Outof Work, And a Weekly Loss of $1,202- 851.36 in Wrges Within a Year. The “American Economist’ New York, has reports from 684 sample industrial es tablishments in all the 44 différent States. They report that they had employed on the 5th of November, '92, 169,423 men, and on the 2d of September this year only 67,660, a cut down of almost two-thirds. The same firms were paying out in wages last year $1,762,288 30, a week; they are .now paying but $519,436 94 a week. The returns from the e establishments alone make the fol- lowing showing: : Decrease in labor since November 5, 1892 £04 per cent. Decrease in wages since Ndvemcer 5, 1892, 69 per cent. ecrease in business since November 35, 1842, 47 2 per cent, Number of hands out of work 101,763. The loss in total weekly wages $1,202,951,- Average decrease in the rate of wages $2.35 per week. The 66 establishments which report from Pennsylvania show a decaease in the num- ber of men em ployed from21,977 to 9.710;and a decrease in their wages from $218,693.62 to $81.592.24, to the workingmen of over $134,000 a week. Ohio's (6 returns show a shrinking in men employed from 28,838 to 7 483 and a weekiy dror in wage earnings from $284,035.76 to $9,059.62, or over $214,- 000 a week. In \est Virginia 26 concerns are heard from which now employ 2,389 men; last year they gave employment to 6.132. Their weekly wages now are $16,- 416.54; last year they earned $34,656.70, al- most four times as much. —— eee eee SIX MEN KILLED. Dense Fog at Wellsville, Ohio, Causes a Terrible Railroad Wreck. Six men dead and two badly injured are the results of a collision which took place Tuesday morning between the first section of the New York and Chicago Limited of the Pennsylvania railroad and a freight train at Wellsville, O. A freight wreck at Beaver Falls, Pa, necessitated the diversion of the traffic on the Fort Wayne road to the Cleveland and Pittsburg route. The Limited was bound east. As the train was passing through the Wellsville yard at a speed of 30 milesan hour it collided with a freight train, which was making up in the yard. Signals, it is said, were set which should have warned the Limited, but the dense fog prevented them being seen in time to prevent the ac- cident. It is claimed that the freight train people did not know of the Limited being due and that no fiag was put out, as there should have been. The following is the list of the dead: G. D. CaroTHERS, pilot, Ravenna, O.; kill- aloe engi Al scalded; died in So feghsay, Pay ELMER J CcKsoN, his son, fireman. Allegheny, legs broken, lower limbs crushed; died Re a ters CE, 8 S Philadelphia, O., both a ed internally; died while on the ARS Bospisal 3 rb LEX, FrazIER, Bellevue, Pa., baggasceman badly scalded and hurt tr 2d at West Penn hospital. Ep. FowLER, train electrician, Chicago, both legs crushed; died at West Penn hospital. One man, Daniel Coughanour, the engi- neer of the freight, was badly hurt by jump- ing, and a porter on the limited had one arm badly bruised. Chicago’s Greatest Day and Crowd. Seven hundred and fif y-one thousand human souls! Seven hundred and tifty-one tbousand souls pathered together within little more than 640 acres—that is, little morethan a square mile, Dealing with large numbers it is difficult for the human mind to gra.p their signifi- cance. This mighty throng at Jackson Park last Monday, centered within little more than a square mil», numbered more souls than are in various states of the Union. Let us run through the list of those which are under 751.000 for the sake of the significance i illustration: olorado. 420.000, Connecticut, 746,000; Delaware, 169,000; Florida. 392,000; Idaho, 85,000; Maine. 662,000; Montzna, 13.000; Nevada, 46,000; New Hampshire, 377,000; North Dakota, 183,000; - Oregon, 314.000; Rhoue Island, 346.000, South Dakota. 399.- 00). Vermont, 333,000; Wyoming, 61,000. It is not p obable that within this gener- at on, at least, the like of this gathering will be seen.—Chicaen Times. tl arr eei A Big Battle Reported. A pitched battle has been fought en the ibicui in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande de Sul. The Insurgents defeated the troops. of Gen. Castilho. 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